Elite do-gooders 'fixing' the world are part of the problem: Giridharadas

Re:Elite do-gooders 'fixing' the world are part of the probl... by Ma8ee on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:32PM (#24126781)

> Being under limits, makes things zero sum. If those limits were suddenly removed or increased temporarily, things would return to not being zero sum

Why do you think so?

> In practicality sure.

And that is what matters? Why is it interesting that there is a theoretical limit on how many basketballs that is possible to produce with the resources available on Earth when no conceivable situation exists when that limit ever becomes relevant?

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Re:Elite do-gooders 'fixing' the world are part of the probl... by fock on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:38AM (#24129178)

I'm not sure under which rock you are living, but we are hitting limits fast. Soil degradation, climate change, acidification of the seas or phosphate ressources. Probably you'll die before these limits hit us hard(est). But eventually they will hit us and these are very conceivable situations...

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